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Eating My Way Around the US

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Featured, Food and Drink, Travelling food, United States, US, USA

With my visit to the US coinciding with the fourth of July, I hoped to experience at least two of the 'four Fs' that form the tip of the cultural iceberg: food and festivals. I'm

A Weekend in India’s Wine Region

April 19, 2016April 19, 2016 Asia, Featured, Food and Drink, India, Life in India, Travelling beyond sula, brut, drink, food, india, nashik, resort, sula, vineyard, wine

Last weekend was one of those times when I simply had to get out of Mumbai and, luckily for me, the weekend happened to be the Cheti Chand (Sindhi New Year) holiday, which gave me

7 Great Ways To Spend Summer in Stockholm

June 21, 2014April 19, 2015 Europe, Featured, Life in Sweden, Swedish Climate, Swedish History, Swedish Tourism best things to do in stockholm, europe, festival, fika, food, gröna lund, midsommar, rooftop, seven things to do in stockholm, skansen, spend summer in stockholm, stockholm, stockholm archipelago, stockholm tourist attractions, sweden, sweden national day, taste of stockholm, upplev mer, vaxholm, what to do in stockholm

Stockholm is a summer city; its leafy parks, rocky beaches, and swathes of Baltic water that swirl around the city’s 14 islands all seem to have been designed for long summer days where the sky

10 Foods To Try in Europe

September 28, 2013January 13, 2014 Europe, Food and Drink belgrade, bosnia, burek, cevapcici, cornish pasty, cornwall, croatia, culinary tour, europe, food, goulash, Greece, hungary, istanbul, kajmak, kleftiko, kremna rezina, lake bled, lamacun, lokum, mostar, pierogi, poland, serbia, slovenia, turkey, uk

Warning: This post will make you hungry! I had not been travelling for long before I realised that my trip would become a culinary tour of Europe, devoted mainly to trying different, and amazing, new

Why I Want to go Back to Japan

September 9, 2012April 10, 2016 Asia, Beaches, Food and Drink, Japan, Nature, Partying, Teaching, Tradition, Travelling, Working Overseas buddhism, festival, food, hiroshima, izu, japan, kyoto, landscape, okomiyaki, peninsula, shintoism, tokyo, travelling

I lived in Tokyo for a year between August 2002 and August 2003 and I can’t believe that it was ten years ago. I had barely used email before I left for Japan, and I

Five Amazing Argentinian Foods

August 26, 2012October 20, 2012 Food and Drink, South America, Travelling alfajores, argentina, bife de chorizo, chimichurri, dulce de leche, empanadas, flan, food, south america, steak

In my last post I made the shocking confession that I prefer South American food over South East Asian food. Many people can’t understand why the thought of Pad Thai or Pho sends me into

Traveller Debate: South America or South East Asia?

August 18, 2012September 13, 2014 Asia, Food and Drink, Literature, Nature, Partying, South America, Travelling beaches, cities, culture, debate, food, history, landscape, safety, south america, south east asia, travel

South America and South East Asia are both very popular tourist destinations, but unless you are on a RTW trip you are probably going to have to choose one region or the other. Having spent

Why Tipping Infuriates Me

February 4, 2012February 17, 2012 Food and Drink, Travelling dining, eating out, food, new york city, restaurants, tipping, tips, travel, waiter service, waitress service

Does anybody else find the concept of tipping completely infuriating? I find it annoying that in many situations I pay for a service and then am expected to pay extra, sometimes quite a lot extra,

Hostel Cooking: Chicken Skewers and Garlic Potatoes

October 28, 2011November 15, 2011 Food and Drink, Travelling argentina, backpacking, chicken skewers, chile, food, garlic potatoes, hostel cooking, hostel kitchen, hostelbookers, hostels, self-catering, south america, uruguay

One of the most appealing things about travelling is the chance to try new food, eat in a different restaurant every night, and never have to do any washing-up, and for a few weeks it's

Five foods the Swedes go crazy for!

May 18, 2011May 29, 2011 Europe, Food and Drink, Life in Sweden, Travelling europe, food, kalles kaviar, kebab, kebabtallrik, knäckebröd, liquorice, meatballs, sweden, swedish cuisine

1. Meatballs Ask anybody what they think Swedes like to eat and the chances are that they will say ‘Meatballs’. This is probably largely due to IKEA chains worldwide serving traditional-style meatballs with a cream